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Sworn In As jurors were for Harvey Weinstein 's trial in New York , The Judge told them unequivocally that this case was not intended to be a referendum on the #MeToo movement as a whole. But the attempt ended in Him convicted of rape and sexual Assault , at times felt like one.

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It was a turning point. More Than two years after allegations that the Hollywood producers, some of his victims finally had their chance in Court to be heard started.

the Twelve jurors were tasked with deciding on the sex allegations against Weinstein, which he denied, at a trial, saw that complex issues about consent and power dynamics at The Stand . Jurors heard harrowing testimony from Six Women , sometimes in tears, told of her alleged Assault by the producer. A woman he found later guilty of rape, at one point Court had to leave after, apparently, a Panic Attack suffering on The Stand .

Weinstein's high-powered defence team is trying to flip The Narrative and the color of his accusers as the manipulators in The Situation : women who used cream of Tartar for his industry skills and later repented and mischaracterised your sexual encounters as non-consensual. During the weeks of testimony, jurors were Witness to everything from claims about the Weinstein genitals photos of the Film to be distorted to the naked-mogul itself.

Every Day , journalists lined up to say sometimes, before dawn, a place on The Press benches. Cameras were not allowed in the proceedings in Manhattan Supreme Court , But the entrance was always to crawl lined with paparazzi, The Daily recordings and sound bites of cream of Tartar, were barely seen in public for two years.

Weinstein was a giant of the Film industry in every respect. Productions in his name was the Synonym for success in Hollywood, with hundreds of Oscar nominations and 81 victories in his career. On the stage, as he accepted awards, his large frame often hulk across The Stars in his films.

The Image of Weinstein in his process was very different: once allegedly 300lb (136kg), he appeared weak and shuffled to Court on most days, bent back over a metal foot frame.

Weinstein (celebrated in 1999, the film " Shakespeare in Love) used private investigators to probe the Prosecutor Weinstein had, was examined in New York in the year 2015 on a claim, But was not criminally

The term #MeToo followed ahead of Weinstein, But has been driven around the globe as the allegations mounted against Him in October 2017. Millions of people from all ages, backgrounds and nationalities, the hashtag used to detail their experiences of harassment and abuse. Other celebrities involved, But it is the scale of the claims against Weinstein, probably The Most powerful man in Hollywood, which proved that the Most Shocking .

More Than 100 Women came forward with allegations about Him : that all claims of aggressive outbursts to serious sexual Assault . Stars at the top of the industry, such as Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie , tells of unwanted advances and upsetting interactions. Other women described, often in graphic detail, the alleged rape by the producers. Weinstein has always denied all allegations of non-consensual sex.

Despite dozens of allegations against Him , it was The First , it for the process.

at This Time , Weinstein and all, But from The Public disappeared. His marriage broke up and he tried to the treatment of addiction for sex. His business partner brother described his behavior as "sick and depraved" and their production company into Bankruptcy .

Weinstein and his former company reached a tentative $25m settlement with several plaintiffs in December

During one of his rare Interviews, reportedly without his attorney's knowledge, the complaint in December, Weinstein, feeling like a "forgotten man" in Hollywood. To make it easier to talk only a day after the three-hour Operation, the compression on his back, He posed for pictures in a medical center, in jeans and a T-shirt, which he lifted to reveal a bandage on his back, from which a tube drained blood mounted in a container, to a metal-to-foot assistance.

The Walker, took on a main role during the study, if a dispute breaks out about it, if prosecutors, it marked a "prop". Weinstein's lawyers even wanted to, to Witness to his surgeon, to prove he was not the death of his injury to win sympathy.

On The First day, a group of high-profile Prosecutor gathered in front of the Court to try Him to the bottom. "You brought this on yourself a lot of hurt", actress Rose Mcgowan said, addressing her alleged rapist by the media. "They have only themselves to Blame . "

Weinstein's legal team made repeated appeals for the study moved from Manhattan, citing the "carnival atmosphere" and devoured it. At one point, the defense complained after a flash mob of protestors singing texts, including "The rapist's" could be heard from inside the courtroom. In another, one of The World 's most famous supermodel, Gigi Hadid , has appeared as a potential juror.

A Chilean anti-rape anthem, Un Violador en tu Camino ("A rapist In your path"), was carried out the outside

About 2,000 people were summoned according to reports, during The Jury selection process-the state and the accused, lawyers, Weinstein-team of "systematically eliminated" to serve young white women who are his victims, The Jury . After almost Two Weeks , The Group of 12 was completed with Seven Men and five women.

Weinstein denied the five crimes with criminal allegations in relation to the allegations of sexual Assault and rape. They told of incidents with Mimi Haleyi, a former production assistant who said he forced oral sex on her in his Manhattan apartment in 2006, and Jessica's husband, a one-time aspiring actress, said he raped her in a hotel room in New York in 2013.

Another alleged victim, Sopranos star Annabella Sciorra , claimed he was forced to make His Way in her New York apartment, and raped her some time in the winter of 1993/4. The amount of time passed since the alleged incident meant that it fell outside of the New York Statute of limitations and could not invoiced separately, But The Judge ruled their testimony could be used to support The Most serious charges of the indictment, for predatory sexual Assault .

the Three other women were also allowed to appear by The Judge , as "prior bad acts" to help Witnesses , set a pattern of behavior and common motive. All the aspiring actors were in their 20s, to break in of hope in the industry, when they described being attacked by Him .

actress Rosanna Arquette , is not promised to the prosecutors, "we go anywhere", as the study opened

This tactic was primarily to secure a conviction against US comedian Bill Cosby , who was in jail in the year 2018. Kristen Gibbons Feden was a Prosecutor in both his studies and told the BBC that "prior bad act" Witnesses of the readiness of the state, and open to cross-examination, without The Hope of direct justice for themselves, can play an "important" role in the undermining of the defense arguments and the determination of the motives of repeat offenders.

"These women, who testified that all of The Women , which I think is not attested in Cosby' s trial, were ready to take your life, your public Holiness and characters in The Line to try and help The Prosecution with the put away a serial rapist-that speaks volumes about The Movement ," She Said .

Physical Evidence was probably never play a role in the study, in view of the fact, how much time have been passed since the alleged incidents. The case would rise and fall on the credibility of the allegations against Weinstein: a case of he said, She Said - or, in this attempt, She Said . "Of course, you always have a criminal case, The Goal of a defender, the question of the credibility of The Witnesses - But especially when the only evidence of the eye-Witness report, the testimony, The Lawyer applied it in this case," Julie Rendelman, a former state criminal defense attorney, said the BBC.

Sciorra was to take The First Prosecutor to against Weinstein. She claims that he forced His Way into her 17-floor Gramercy Park apartment and raped her, shortly after offering you a ride home from a dinner she attended with others, even "Pulp Fiction " star Uma Thurman . "I was very overwhelmed, as he was very tall," She Said , the Court had heard he was almost Three Times their weight of about 110-115lb (50kg) in time.

Source of news: bbc.com